Tropical Storm Ken (2004)

Basin

South Indian

Dates

January 1, 2004 to January 6, 2004

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)

Lowest pressure

997 mb (29.44 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

1.6

Identifier

SH082004

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

• Tropical Storm AbaimbaSouth Indian · 2004Tropical Storm45 kt · 991 mb
• Cyclone BeniSouth Indian · 2004Cat 3100 kt · 944 mb
• Cyclone CelaSouth Indian · 2004Cat 165 kt · 976 mb
• Cyclone JanaSouth Indian · 2004Cat 180 kt · 963 mb
• Tropical Storm DariusSouth Indian · 2004Tropical Storm55 kt · 984 mb
• Cyclone ElitaSouth Indian · 2004Cat 165 kt · 976 mb
• Cyclone FrankSouth Indian · 2004Cat 4125 kt · 916 mb
• Tropical Storm LindaSouth Indian · 2004Tropical Storm45 kt · 991 mb
• Cyclone MontySouth Indian · 2004Cat 3110 kt · 933 mb
• Cyclone GafiloSouth Indian · 2004Cat 5140 kt · 898 mb
• Cyclone Helma:NickySouth Indian · 2004Cat 165 kt · 976 mb
• Cyclone Itsang:Itseng:OscarSouth Indian · 2004Cat 4115 kt · 927 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 2004Tropical Depression25 kt · 1002 mb
• Cyclone JubaSouth Indian · 2004Cat 165 kt · 976 mb

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.